Moon Light World Map

The map below shows where the Moon is visible from the Earth, depending on weather conditions and moon phases.
The white dot symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun symbolizes the position of the sun.

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Map notes

• The bright part of the map shows where the moon is over the horizon on Friday, October 5, 2012 at 12:30:00 UTC.
• The Sun's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Sun will be at its zenith (directly overhead) in relation to an observer.
• The Moon's position is marked with this symbol: . At this location, the Moon will be at its zenith in relation to an observer. Note that the symbol is not showing the current phase of the Moon.

Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 76%

Previous phase	Full Moon	Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 3:19 AM
Next phase	Third Quarter	Monday, October 8, 2012 at 7:34 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, October 5, 2012 at 12:30:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:

Latitude:	20° 53'	North
Longitude:	131° 31'	West

The ground speed of the movement is currently 419.51 meters/second, 1510.2 km/hour, 938.4 miles/hour or 815.5 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

Time	Longitude difference			Latitude difference			Total
later	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Degrees	Distance	Direction	Distance
1 minute	0° 14' 30.8"	15.64 mi	west	0° 00' 01.2"	0.02 mi	north	15.64 mi
1 hour	14° 30' 51.5"	938.16 mi	west	0° 01' 14.5"	1.43 mi	north	938.10 mi
24 hours	11° 41' 21.9"	755.66 mi	east	0° 02' 52.7"	3.30 mi	north	755.55 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.

Location	Local time	Distance			Direction
Tijuana *	Fri 5:30 AM	1933 km	1201 miles	1044 nm	NE
San Diego *	Fri 5:30 AM	1936 km	1203 miles	1045 nm	NE
Los Angeles *	Fri 5:30 AM	1958 km	1217 miles	1057 nm	NE
San Jose (USA) *	Fri 5:30 AM	2048 km	1272 miles	1106 nm	NNE
Mexicali *	Fri 5:30 AM	2057 km	1278 miles	1111 nm	NE
San Francisco *	Fri 5:30 AM	2067 km	1284 miles	1116 nm	NNE
Sacramento *	Fri 5:30 AM	2185 km	1358 miles	1180 nm	NNE
Hermosillo	Fri 5:30 AM	2260 km	1405 miles	1221 nm	ENE
Las Vegas *	Fri 5:30 AM	2322 km	1443 miles	1254 nm	NE
Phoenix	Fri 5:30 AM	2371 km	1473 miles	1280 nm	NE